Climate-adapted design for surface water solutions
Landscape design of a school courtyard developed as a park with a variety of vegetation at different heights and with permeable surfaces and natural surfaces covering at least 30% of the outdoor flooring. The design was part of a broader strategy from the City of Oslo promoting the use of open, local surface water management […]
Comfort-driven ventilation system
One of the main challenges when it comes to designing energy efficient buildings is how to guarantee air renewal without heat losses. A possible solution is to use a variable flow ventilation method. Fresh air is preheated in an intermeadiate capturing space before introducing it into the dwellings. Through automatically regulated bioclimatic elements, it is […]
Digital design for optimal life-cycle performance
Use of BIM and Digital Twins to optimise the performance of the building development from an environmental and economic perspective. A comprehensive evaluation of the buildings can be made by considering the lifecycle environmental impact, cost, and energy use, the inclusivity of the local community, the use of indoor and outdoor space, water management, noise […]
Energy transition Living Lab
An educational platform for citizens, primarily focusing on youth. The core of this approach involves a series of seminars conducted with middle and high school students.
Es Laboratori
Es Laboratori is a community development and citizen participation methodology, demo and exhibition space in the area and a hub for citizen engagement towards energy transition in urban spaces and new sustainable technologies. Linked to local energy communities around schools, Es Laboratori will engage a set of training actions and awareness increasing campaigns with special […]
Leanheat intelligent heating control system
The Danfoss Leanheat Building is an AI based software and control system applied as part of the smart control of the building level heating system. The installed system upgrades the traditional principle of a static preset relation between the heating system supply temperature and the ambient temperature, the so-called weather compensations principle. The Danfoss Leanheat […]
Low-temperature thermal heating and high temperature thermal cooling (LowEx) HVAC system
This low-temperature heating and high temperature cooling HVAC system (LowEx) is a novel system which delivers low-temperature thermal heating and high temperature thermal cooling by using the infrastructure coupled with the ground source heat pump. It is designed to maximize the effectiveness of ground source heat pump systems.
Local renewable energy generation with BIPV and BAPV
Coloured PV panels installed on the roof and façade of a building to maximise renewable energy production and provide surplus energy. The design of the PV modules layouts is defined by the PV modules orientation in relation to the sky, the orientation of building longest facades, and the regulatory provision regarding the appearance of the […]
Urban energy geostructure in highway tunnels as seasonal storage
The study, design, and testing of a system to retrofit and thermally activate an existing tunnel (in operation or abandoned) for an energy purpose not envisaged originally. The system includes a network of pipes capable of transporting a heat transfer fluid. A prototype of such a system is being investigated by means of preliminary numerical […]
AR/VR tools and platform in decision-making process
Different 3D and/or visualiSation techniques of Virtual Reality (VR) and/or Augmented Reality (AR) are being used during the development of the Oslo and Palma demos to better communicate results of different scenario analyses to different types of stakeholders, to facilitate citizen engagement, and to promote education and training for sustainability. The development of VR and […]
